Denver and the West

Denver's newest B-cycle station puts bike parking on street

Detail of the front fender on a Denver B-Cycle bike in Denver.. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)

Denver's bike-sharing program has installed its first on-street station.

The rest of the check-in/check-out locations in B-cycle's 83-station network in central Denver are on sidewalks, but the station at 11th Avenue and Delaware Street is the first to occupy a parking lane. Posts separate the station from the traffic lane.

Denver Public Works worked with B-cycle to accommodate the on-street station, a news release says. Biking advocates see the on-street station as a way to increase bicycling's visibility and to encourage drivers to share the road.

Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver B-cycle Executive Director Nick Bohnenkamp were set to speak at a dedication news conference for the station Tuesday. The 11:30 a.m. event was planned at Galvanize, 1062 Delaware St., a shared office space for start-ups.

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